Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1916 — SOME TWENTY YEARS AFTER [ARTICLE]

SOME TWENTY YEARS AFTER

J. P. Morgan Took Lively Interest in Sound Money Demonstration— Had His Boys Marching. p "This preparedness parade reminds me strongly of the sound money parade Which took place just about 20 years ago and in which Watt street was just as keenly Interested as it is in today’s parade,” said an old-timer to the financial district, according to New York Sun. “One of the features of the sound money parade was the interest the father of the present J. P. Morgan took in it I had occasion to go into the old Drexel building late to the afternoon on several days previous to the parade and I found that Mr. Morgan had *his boys’ marching up and down the floor of the old building. He was just as interested in the showing the men from his office were going to make as any one of the clerks who were to march under the banners of the firm. On the day of the parade the line formed at the lower end of Broad street and as the ‘J. P. Morgan’ boys came marching up the street and looked up at the windows they found him waving a big white silk handkerchief at them while his keen eyes ran over everyone of his men to the line. From the interest which the big men of the street are taking to today’s par rade I am convinced that the spirit of patriotism and unity to the country is jußt as strong today as it was 20 years ago.” <